Selim III of Turkey

Selim III of Turkey (24 December 1761-29 July 1808) was the Caliph and leader of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 until 1807. During his reign he fought against the Russian Empire and Holy Roman Empire in the early 1790s and also fought Napoleon Bonaparte's invasion of Egypt from 1798-1800. Selim allied with Napoleon in 1805 against the Austrians during the Third Coalition but was overthrown in a revolt by Janissaries and later stabbed to death.